Reporter Cheng Yuanzhou

In spring, the weather is clear and the scenery is bright, and the warbler flies and the grass grows, giving people a sense of freshness and brightness everywhere. At this time, everything is competing to grow, and it is a good time to recuperate the body and prevent diseases.

Li Xiaobing, chief physician of the Department of Internal Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guangdong, said that the weather at this time is warm and cold, and it is the season when some common diseases are frequent or easy to recur. Making good use of the common seasonal herbs around you can help regulate physical discomfort.

“現在是採挖蒲公英最好的時候，此草既是老百姓喜歡吃的野菜，又全株皆葯。除去雜質，洗凈、曬乾後，10克煎湯內服即可清肝胃鬱火。”李小兵說，作為清熱解毒的傳統中草藥，蒲公英在過去一般僅用於治療熱毒所致的乳癰、瘡腫，有良好的效果，不僅可單獨煎汁內服，也可以用新鮮的蒲公英30克—60克搗碎外敷。

Li Xiaobing introduced that in recent years, dandelion has been found to have diuretic and laxative effects, and can also be used to treat internal diseases. For example, decoction with honeysuckle and houttuynia cordata can be used to treat phlegm, heat and depression; Combined with the root of the sore throat, it can treat sore throat; With honeysuckle vine and plantain, it can be used to treat urine hot shower; With gardenia and yinchen, it can treat damp heat jaundice, etc.

Fresh dandelion can be eaten cold or boiled in soup, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dissipating knots, but Li Xiaobing reminded: "Dandelion is cold, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency should eat it in moderation, excessive consumption will cause diarrhea." In addition, because dandelion has a high potassium content, patients with chronic kidney disease or renal insufficiency should be extra cautious when consuming it.

When harvesting dandelions in the wild, how to distinguish them correctly? According to Li Xiaobing, the biggest feature of dandelion is that it has no stems, its leaves grow close to the ground, and the flowers stand tall and upright through the flower stalks, which are easy to distinguish. In addition, when the dandelion leaves are pinched, a white slurry will flow. "If the yellow slurry comes out after pinching, it may be celandine, which has a certain toxicity and should not be eaten." Li Xiaobing said.

It also has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and eliminating carbuncle swelling, as well as purslane. It is also a popular wild vegetable and is known as the "longevity vegetable". Generally, fresh purslane is used to make cold dishes or fillings, and it is necessary to blanch and remove oxalic acid when using. Li Xiaobing introduced that fresh purslane is used to treat dysentery caused by damp heat or heat poisoning, and it can be decocted alone, or it can be used in combination with spicy knotweed and other medicines.

In addition, purslane can also be used to treat sores, eczema, shingles, etc. "Use this product to decoction with a single flavor to take it internally, and at the same time wash it with an appropriate amount of fresh grass, mash it and apply it externally." Li Xiaobing said that purslane is cold, and people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more.

When there are symptoms such as sores on the mouth and tongue, redness, swelling and pain in the eyes due to dryness in spring or improper diet, honeysuckle, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying and evacuating wind and heat, is a commonly used medicine.

“金銀花甘寒，既清氣分熱，又能清血分熱，且在清熱之中又有輕微宣散之功，所以能治外感風熱或溫病初起的表症未解、里熱又盛的病症，常配合連翹、牛蒡子、薄荷等同用。”李小兵說，現代研究顯示，金銀花含綠原酸等成分，可抑制金黃色葡萄球菌、流感病毒等病原體，對於紅腫熱痛的瘡痈腫毒，可將10克金銀花與蒲公英、地丁草、連翹、丹皮、赤芍等一起煎湯內服，或單用新鮮品搗爛外敷；搭配黃芩、白芍、甘草等煎湯內服，則可以清熱治痢。

According to Li Xiaobing, forsythia is often used in conjunction with honeysuckle to treat external wind and heat, the beginning of fever or fever with high fever, irritability, thirst or rash, such as spring breeze and rain. In addition, forsythia is cool and bitter, light and clear, and is especially good at relieving scorching fire, so it is the "holy medicine of sores", used for sores and swelling poison, scrofula, erysipelas, cradle carbuncle and other symptoms, you can take 10 grams and honeysuckle, elephant fritillary, prunella vulgaris, etc. together with water decoction.

Li Xiaobing reminded that when using honeysuckle and forsythia, it should be noted that people with spleen and stomach deficiency should not use it, and those with allergies should use it with caution, and pregnant women should follow the doctor's advice.

"Wood powder hibiscus flowers, red calyx in the mountains." The Xinyi flowers in Wang Wei's poems are beautiful. The traditional Chinese medicine Xinyi is the dried flower bud of the magnolia family, Wangchun flower, magnolia or Wudang magnolia. "Xinyi enters the lung meridian and passes through the nose to disperse wind and cold, and is clinically used to treat headache, nasal congestion and runny nose caused by external wind and cold, and is especially effective for sinus inflammatory diseases." Li Xiaobing introduced that Xinyi is often used in combination with Angelica Angelica, Asarium, Fengfeng, Cangzi, etc., and is generally used with 6 grams of Xinyi decoction, "but it is not advisable to take more, sometimes it will cause dizziness." Because Xin Yi has fluff all over his body, like a fluffy brush, he needs to wrap it in gauze and fry it in water.

If you have nasal congestion and headache due to wind-heat cold, you can also use Xinyi with mint, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and other wind-heat medicines to enhance the nasal passage and disperse the power of wind and evil.

In 5 and 0 months, the acacia flowers are strung with hanging beads, and the fragrance can be smelled from afar, which is a delicacy that people cannot miss.

Li Xiaobing introduced that acacia is not only a delicacy, but also a good medicine to cool blood and stop bleeding, clear the liver and relieve fire, and its fragrant and sweet taste contains rich vitamins and minerals.

"Sophora is mainly used for the treatment of bleeding due to blood fever, good treatment of lower bleeding, mostly used for blood in the stool, hemorrhoids and other symptoms, often used in combination with elm and other medicines." Li Xiaobing said that the acacia flowers can be taken internally or externally, and 6 grams of dried acacia flowers are taken internally and decocted with water; For external use, an appropriate amount of decoction water can be taken to fumigate or ground and sprinkle on the affected area to treat hemorrhoids, swelling and pain. In addition, the acacia flower is compatible with Ulmus vulgaris, which can stop intestinal wind and blood in the stool, and the white grass root can calm the lungs and heat hemoptysis.

"The wild vegetables picked back when going out should be thoroughly cleaned, blanched fully before eating, and in areas with heavy industrial pollution, try not to pick wild vegetables and herbs to prevent heavy metal pollution." Li Xiaobing reminded that when he decocted medicine at home, he should pay special attention to the fact that the disease is closely related to many factors such as age, gender, and physical strength.

People's Daily (14/0/0 0 Edition)